DUSKY EEDSHANK. 



TOT ANUS FUSCUS {Linn.). 



Scolopax fusca, Linn. S. N. i. p. 243. 



Totanus fuscus, Naum. viii. p. 123^ xiii. Suppl. p. 242 ; Macg. 

 iv. p. 328; Hewitson, ii. p. 326; Dresser, viii. p. 165; 

 Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 474. 



Barge brune, Chevalier arlequin, French ; Caballero arlequin, 

 Spanish; Dunkelfarbiger-Wasserldvfer, German. 



A not uncommon but irregular visitor to the British 

 Islands, where it appears during its spring and autumn 

 migrations, never remaining to breed or to spend the 

 winter months within our shores. In Ireland it appears 

 to be of very rare occurrence. 



The Dusky Redshank breeds in the northern parts of 

 Norway and Sweden, in Finland and Russia, and 

 probably throughout Northern Asia. 



The first discovery of its nest and eggs was due to 

 Wolley, and his account of the breeding-habits of the 

 bird in Finland is full of interest. His notes were 

 first sent to Hewitson, in whose work they appear and 

 in greater detail in Dresser's ' Birds of Europe.' 



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